stuckincincy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 How often does Seattle get a crippling snow storm? Every 10, 15 years? Evidently, the city will let people crash and get injured before adding salinity to saline Puget Sound... Seattle: No to salt, yes to snow-packed roads By Susan Kelleher, The Seattle Times 12/23/08 "SEATTLE -- To hear the city's spin, Seattle's road crews are making "great progress" in clearing the ice-caked streets. But it turns out "plowed streets" in Seattle actually means "snow-packed," as in there's snow and ice left on major arterials by design. 'We're trying to create a hard-packed surface," said Alex Wiggins, chief of staff for the Seattle Department of Transportation. "It doesn't look like anything you'd find in Chicago or New York." The city's approach means crews clear the roads enough for all-wheel and four-wheel-drive vehicles, or those with front-wheel drive cars as long as they are using chains, Wiggins said. The icy streets are the result of Seattle's refusal to use salt, an effective ice-buster used by the state Department of Transportation and cities accustomed to dealing with heavy winter snows. "If we were using salt, you'd see patches of bare road because salt is very effective," Wiggins said. "We decided not to utilize salt because it's not a healthy addition to Puget Sound.'."... http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/1...ow-packed-roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 'We're trying to create a hard-packed surface," said Alex Wiggins, chief of staff for the Seattle Department of Transportation. "It doesn't look like anything you'd find in Chicago or New York." Uh no, you'd actually see the pavement in Chicago or NY. Go hippies!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Oregon is the same way. It's very frustrating. I've missed, now, 3 days of work because we are still under a foot of snow. http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/s...962510838794300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Uh no, you'd actually see the pavement in Chicago or NY. Go hippies!! Believe it or not, Suffolk COunty in NY doesn't use salt either...only sand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Oregon is the same way. It's very frustrating. I've missed, now, 3 days of work because we are still under a foot of snow. http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/s...962510838794300 You have my condolences, Lana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Believe it or not, Suffolk COunty in NY doesn't use salt either...only sand! Why not? Plenty of civil service workers to hog it out of the sewer lines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Typical hippies. Don't want salt to leech into a salt water estuary? Love the "We're going to clear the roads enough for only the environment killing SUVs to pass" mentality. That's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 They should use sugar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 If we continue to get snow like this for the next two months we'll be in a national emergency by Valentine's Day. Mark my words, people. Nobody, ANYWHERE has enough salt. And those that do paid through the nose to get it, something most landscapers/municipalities simply aren't in a position to do. I temped for Morton Salt this summer selling ice-melting salt. It's bad, people. Very, very bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 If we continue to get snow like this for the next two months we'll be in a national emergency by Valentine's Day. Mark my words, people. Nobody, ANYWHERE has enough salt. And those that do paid through the nose to get it, something most landscapers/municipalities simply aren't in a position to do. I temped for Morton Salt this summer selling ice-melting salt. It's bad, people. Very, very bad. Ice-melting salt? How does that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Uh no, you'd actually see the pavement in Chicago or NY. Go hippies!! Typical hippies. Don't want salt to leech into a salt water estuary? Love the "We're going to clear the roads enough for only the environment killing SUVs to pass" mentality. That's awesome. The last time I checked it was 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yep, it's utterly ridiculous. I just pray that my flight tomorrow gets off for JFK so that I can avoid the hippies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 The last time I checked it was 2008. Are you saying all hippies died in 1969? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Are you saying all hippies died in 1969? Using the term "hippies" in 2008 is like George Bush saying he uses "The Google". It makes you seem a wee bit out of touch and stuck in the past. Just an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Using the term "hippies" in 2008 is like George Bush saying he uses "The Google". It makes you seem a wee bit out of touch and stuck in the past. Just an opinion. Really? So what's the modern equivalent for describing people like you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Using the term "hippies" in 2008 is like George Bush saying he uses "The Google". It makes you seem a wee bit out of touch and stuck in the past. Just an opinion. Dude are you saying there are no hippies in Seattle? Have you smelled Seattle? The regular commies are definitely much more removed from the hippies today but there are still hippy commies out there. The commies that run Seattle may or may not be hippies but some of them probably are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Really? So what's the current equivalent for people like you? Critiquing the present day relevance of the term "hippie" automatically makes one a hippie? Well then I suppose that I'm not only a hippie but also a Zippie, a Beatnik, a Mod, a Greaser, and a Pachucho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 If we continue to get snow like this for the next two months we'll be in a national emergency by Valentine's Day. Mark my words, people. Nobody, ANYWHERE has enough salt. And those that do paid through the nose to get it, something most landscapers/municipalities simply aren't in a position to do. I temped for Morton Salt this summer selling ice-melting salt. It's bad, people. Very, very bad. Your over-arching opinions aren't worth much salt... http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2008121...70345/1055/NEWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Ice-melting salt? How does that work? You mix it with Calcium. I didn't do bulk salt- I did bagged salt for sidewalks, etc. But I was very much involved with the bulk salt crisis as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yesterdays hippie is todays environmentalist. Same thing, different name. Hippie Infestation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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